Anaheim Ducks vs. Buffalo SabresDec 22, 2018

FinalSaturday, Dec 22, 2018· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
ANA	0	0	0	0		ANA	15	10	15	40
BUF	1	0	2	3		BUF	15	15	3	33

: ANA 65BUF 49
: ANA 2.04BUF 3.22
PP goals: ANA 0BUF 1
Hits: ANA 17BUF 18
Blocks: ANA 11BUF 15
PIM: ANA 28BUF 4
: ANA 58%BUF 42%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Buffalo Sabres beat Anaheim Ducks 3–0

Buffalo Sabres beat Anaheim Ducks 3–0 at home. Jack Eichel (BUF) led the scoring with 0G 2A. BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 5:56 together.

Points
Jack Eichel had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:20.Eichel
Points
Sam Reinhart had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:20.Reinhart
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 5:56 together.Skinner Ristolainen Reinhart Eichel Dahlin
Goalie
Linus Ullmark (BUF) faced 40 shots and stopped 40 (.1000), +9 against a season average of 31.0; the win.Ullmark
Luck
ANA scored 0 goals on 2.04 expected goals (65 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Pontus Aberg (ANA) played 18:30, +3:58 up on his 14:32 season average over 58 games.Aberg
Usage
Brandon Montour (ANA) played 25:35, +3:10 up on his 22:25 season average over 81 games.Montour
PP1
ANA's PP1 (Getzlaf, Kesler, Aberg, Montour and Kase) went scoreless in 3:43 of 5v4 time with 4 attempts.Getzlaf Kesler Aberg Montour Kase

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← ANA attacks left (bottom on phones)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →

BUF
ANA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 114 of 114 attempts · BUF 49 · ANA 65

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
ANA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BUF pressure
ANA pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: ANA 34% of the game, BUF 39%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

BUF

ANA

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	ANA	BUF
	66	46
	1.96	2.14
	1.91	2.04
	10	11
	7	4
	18	18
	+0.048	−0.048
	34%	39%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Anaheim Ducks

L1Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg
8:2148% CF
L2Getzlaf – Ritchie – Kase
7:1050% CF
L3Gibbons – Rowney – Sherwood
6:5658% CF
L4Henrique – Aberg – Sprong
5:1164% CF
D1Lindholm – Montour
14:5338% CF
D2Manson – Larsson
11:5873% CF
D3Dotchin – Mahura
6:0854% CF

PP1Getzlaf – Kesler – Aberg – Montour – Kase
3:43100% CF
PP2Henrique – Silfverberg – Lindholm – Ritchie – Sprong
2:09100% CF
PK1FKesler – Silfverberg
1:30
PK2FGibbons – Rowney
1:23
PK1DManson – Lindholm
3:53
PK2DDotchin – Montour
1:44

Current ANA line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Skinner – Reinhart – Eichel
12:4435% CF
L2Sobotka – Sheary – Rodrigues
9:4541% CF
L3Okposo – Elie – Mittelstadt
8:1941% CF
L4Larsson – Girgensons – Thompson
7:4971% CF
D1Bogosian – Scandella
12:2457% CF
D2McCabe – Dahlin
11:3929% CF
D3Ristolainen – Pilut
10:3850% CF

PP1Skinner – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Eichel – Dahlin
5:5680% CF
PP2Okposo – Sheary – Rodrigues – Mittelstadt – Pilut
1:48100% CF
PK1FLarsson – Girgensons
3:37
PK2FSobotka – Rodrigues
0:55
PK1DBogosian – McCabe
2:26
PK2DScandella – Ristolainen
1:55

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

16:51
BUFRasmus DahlinPP (Rasmus Ristolainen, Jack Eichel)wrist0.05 xG
ANA: Cogliano, Gibbons, Dotchin, MontourBUF: Skinner, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Eichel, Dahlin
ANA 0 – 1 BUF

3rd period

11:12
BUFJeff Skinner (Sam Reinhart, Lawrence Pilut)backhand0.05 xG
ANA: Henrique, Lindholm, Aberg, Montour, SprongBUF: Bogosian, Scandella, Skinner, Reinhart, Mittelstadt
ANA 0 – 2 BUF
18:02
BUFConor ShearyEN (Jack Eichel, Sam Reinhart)wrist0.51 xG
ANA: Getzlaf, Henrique, Lindholm, Aberg, Montour, KaseBUF: McCabe, Sheary, Reinhart, Eichel, Dahlin
ANA 0 – 3 BUF

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Anaheim Ducks

ANA skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Kesler C	L1	0	1	0.15	0	0	0	18:24	—	—	45	20
Jakob Silfverberg R	L1	0	4	0.04	1	1	0	14:11	—	—	52	19
Andrew Cogliano C	L1	0	1	0.00	4	0	2	12:07	—	—	42	23
Ryan Getzlaf C	L2	-1	3	0.17	0	0	0	20:49	—	—	63	55
Ondrej Kase R	L2	-1	4	0.44	1	0	0	18:26	—	—	72	64
Nick Ritchie L	L2	0	3	0.36	1	0	2	15:19	—	—	60	54
Brian Gibbons C	L3	0	1	0.04	0	2	0	12:14	—	—	53	52
Carter Rowney C	L3	0	0	0.03	1	0	2	10:54	—	—	64	73
Kiefer Sherwood L	L3	0	3	0.18	0	0	0	10:17	—	—	46	41
Pontus Aberg L	L4	-2	2	0.17	0	0	2	18:30	—	—	76	66
Adam Henrique C	L4	-2	0	0.07	1	0	0	15:06	—	—	75	65
Daniel Sprong R	L4	-1	5	0.08	0	0	0	12:22	—	—	78	66
Hampus Lindholm D	D1	-2	1	0.04	2	0	0	26:37	—	—	50	31
Brandon Montour D	D1	-2	3	0.18	2	2	0	25:35	—	—	42	20
Josh Manson D	D2	0	5	0.06	1	0	0	22:54	—	—	75	76
Jacob Larsson D	D2	0	2	0.02	1	2	0	15:43	—	—	63	64
Josh Mahura D	D3	0	1	0.02	0	2	0	13:02	—	—	68	80
Jake Dotchin D	D3	0	1	0.01	2	2	20	10:04	—	—	50	79

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
John Gibson(start)	L	32	30	2	.938	2.71	59:42

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	2	2	+1	4	0.29	0	1	0	21:20	—	—	30	40
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.18	0	0	0	20:20	—	—	36	43
Jeff Skinner L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.26	0	1	0	19:55	—	—	33	42
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	1	0	15:48	—	—	38	37
Vladimir Sobotka C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	0	2	13:31	—	—	39	37
Conor Sheary L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.69	0	1	0	13:03	—	—	39	40
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.41	0	0	0	11:26	—	—	42	62
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	3	1	0	10:53	—	—	40	64
Remi Elie L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	9:58	—	—	38	62
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	2	0	15:09	—	—	55	63
Johan Larsson L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	1	1	0	14:03	—	—	57	66
Tage Thompson C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.43	1	0	0	10:30	—	—	63	64
Zach Bogosian D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.08	1	0	2	20:13	—	—	46	38
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	18:04	—	—	46	45
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.16	0	1	0	21:01	—	—	32	49
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	5	0	20:17	—	—	26	59
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	4	1	0	23:08	—	—	46	57
Lawrence Pilut D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	15:40	—	—	46	64

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	40	40	0	.1000	2.04	59:41

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.